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name: "John Margolies Roadside America Archive"
subtitle: "11,700 free photos of teapot gas stations and doughnut-shaped shops"
date: 2026-07-15
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link: "https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/free-photos-from-john-margolies-archive-of-americana-architecture.html"
linkText: "openculture.com"
source: "Open Culture"
topics: [history-and-archives, design-and-art]
tags: [photography, americana, architecture, public-domain]
description: "11,700 free, downloadable, remixable photos from John Margolies' decades-long archive of playful roadside Americana — teapot-shaped gas stations, doughnut-shaped shops, hand-painted signage."
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Art historian John Margolies spent four decades touring America's back highways with a Guggenheim grant, photographing the country's most joyfully impractical architecture before it vanished — gas stations shaped like teapots, restaurants shaped like doughnuts and fish, mini-golf courses, theme motels. The Library of Congress now hosts 11,700 of his images free to download, use, and remix, no permission required.